JPH05135010A - Character processing method and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] When an operator specifies a word by indicating a part of the information of the word and there are multiple words in the dictionary that match the specified information, for each word Display other information in the dictionary so that you can distinguish them. A dictionary storing words in association with information such as reading, notation, and part of speech, and word indicating means for indicating a word in the dictionary by indicating specific information of the word, and the word indicating means And a dictionary search unit that searches for a word having a content that matches the information information indicated by, and a plurality of words is searched for by the dictionary search unit. And a word candidate display means for displaying information on words in the dictionary for the plurality of words.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character processing apparatus that uses a dictionary storing word information such as Kana-Kanji conversion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, in a character processing device using a dictionary such as kana-kanji conversion, the dictionary tends to have a large capacity. However, as the capacity of the dictionary is increased, a large number of words that are considered to be never used by individuals are stored in the dictionary. Such useless words may cause erroneous conversion or the like, and it is better for some operators not to exist. Therefore,
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-116368 devises a means for invalidating a word that the operator wants to delete.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]
In 368, the word to be deleted is specified by indicating the pronunciation, the notation, and the part of speech. However, it is difficult for a general operator to accurately indicate the part of speech of a word without grammatical knowledge. Further, even if there is grammatical knowledge, classification of parts of speech depends on the system including the dictionary, and it is almost impossible for a general operator to grasp the classification of parts of speech of the system.

On the other hand, when a word is designated by showing only the reading and the notation without showing the part of speech, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-11
As is clear from the example described in 6368, there may be a plurality of words that have the same reading and notation but different parts of speech, and a specific word cannot be designated.

[0005]

In a character processing apparatus according to the present invention, an operator designates a word by indicating a part of the information of the word, and a plurality of words matching the designated information exist in a dictionary. If so, a means for displaying other information in the dictionary for each word is provided.

[0006]

With the above means, even a general operator can obtain information for distinguishing a specific word, and a specific word can be designated.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an example of the overall configuration of the present invention.

In the configuration shown in the figure, the CPU is a microprocessor, which performs arithmetic operations for character processing, logical judgments, etc., an address bus AB, a control bus CB,
The respective components connected to those buses are controlled via the data bus DB.

The address bus AB is a microprocessor C
An address signal for instructing a component to be controlled by the PU is transferred. The control bus CB transfers and applies a control signal of each constituent element to be controlled by the microprocessor CPU. The data bus DB transfers data between the respective constituent devices.

The ROM is a read-only fixed memory, which is a microprocessor C described later with reference to FIGS.
PU control procedure and Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary DI
Remember C.

The RAM is a writable random access memory having a structure of 1 word and 16 bits, and is used for temporarily storing various data from each constituent element.

Reference numeral KB denotes a keyboard, which is used for instructing various functions of the character processing device such as alphabetic keys, hiragana keys, katakana keys and other character symbol input keys, conversion keys, word deletion keys, execution keys and the like. Equipped with function keys.

DISK is an external memory for storing document data and the like. Document data and the like are stored as needed, and the stored data is recalled when necessary by an instruction from the keyboard.

CR is a cursor register. The CPU can read and write the contents of the cursor register. The CRT controller CRTC, which will be described later, displays a cursor at a position on the display device CRT for the address stored here.

DBUF is a display buffer memory for storing a pattern of data to be displayed.

The CRTC plays a role of displaying the contents stored in the cursor register CR and the buffer DBUF on the display CRT.

The CRT is a display device using a cathode ray tube or the like, and the display pattern of the dot configuration and the display of the cursor on the display device CRT are controlled by the CRT controller.

Further, CG is a character generator, which stores a pattern of characters and symbols to be displayed on the display device CRT.

The character processing device of the present invention comprising the above-described components operates in response to various inputs from the keyboard KB, and when an input from the keyboard KB is supplied, an interrupt signal is first sent. Sent to the microprocessor CPU, which microprocessor CP
U reads out various control signals stored in the ROM,
Various controls are performed in accordance with those control signals.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an operation for deleting a word. 2-1 shows an initial screen, and when the word delete key is pressed in this state, the screen of 2-2 is displayed. The word deletion is started in 2-2, and the input window for the deleted word is displayed. In this state, the reading of the deleted word is accepted, and when the operator continuously inputs the reading of the word to be deleted and the execution key, the reading of the deleted word is displayed in the window and the screen of 2-3 is displayed. become. In 2-3, the notation of the deleted word is accepted, and when the operator inputs the notation "Kobe" of the word to be deleted, the notation of the deleted word is displayed in the window and the screen of 2-4 is displayed. When the enter key is pressed here, the notation and reading of "Kobe" are taken in, and the dictionary is searched by the reading and notation. As a result, there are two words in the dictionary whose pronunciation is "Kobe" and whose notation is "Kobe" (the part of speech of one word is "place name" and the part of speech of the other word is "surname"). If there is, a window that displays the part of speech of each word opens, 2-
The screen of 5 is displayed. Here, the part of speech of the word to be deleted, "surname"
When the operator inputs the number "2" corresponding to, the word of the reading "kobe" notation "Kobe" part-of-speech "surname" is deleted from the dictionary, and the end message is displayed as shown in 2-6.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of the dictionary DIC. The dictionary stores word data from the beginning. Each word data consists of "reading", "notation" and "part of speech".

"Yomi" is word reading information, for example,
If "Kobe", "Kobe" is stored. Code is J
Use the lower byte of IS X 0208 code,
Each character is stored as 1 byte.

"Notation" means word notation information, for example,
If "Kobe", the character "Kobe" is stored in 2 bytes per character using JIS X 0208 code or the like.

"Part of speech" is the part of speech of a word, for example, "Kobe"
In that case, “surname”, “place name”, etc. are stored.

The operation of the above embodiment will be described according to the flow.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a part for receiving a key input and performing a process.

Step 4-1 is a process for fetching data from the keyboard. In step 4-2, the type of the key taken in is determined, and the process branches to each key processing routine.

When the conversion key is input, step 4-3
And the conversion process of Kana-Kanji conversion is performed. The conversion process is a known process since it is performed as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-116368 and will not be described in detail. After the conversion process is performed, the process branches to step 4-1.

When the word deletion key is input, the process branches to step 4-4, and in step 4-4 the word deletion process described in detail in FIG. 5 is performed. After that, the process branches to step 4-1.

If the key is any other key, the process branches to step 4-5 to perform other processes such as insertion and deletion which are carried out in a normal character processing device. Then step 4-
Branch to 1.

FIG. 5 is a step 4-4 "word deletion process".
2 is a detailed flowchart of FIG.

In step 5-1, a notation input window for deleting words is displayed on the screen.

In step 5-2, a process of accepting the reading of the deleted word from the operator is performed. The reading input by the operator is temporarily stored in the internal memory. When the operator inputs the reading and hits the execution key, the process moves to step 5-3.

In step 5-3, processing for accepting the notation of the deleted word from the operator is performed. The notation entered by the operator is temporarily stored in the internal memory. When the operator inputs the notation and hits the execution key, the process moves to step 5-4.

In step 5-4, the dictionary is searched to find all the words having the same reading and notation obtained as a result of the processing up to this point. The part of speech of the obtained word is fetched from the dictionary into the internal memory.

In step 5-5, step 5-4
The process branches depending on whether or not the number of words obtained in step 1 is one. If one, branch to step 5-8, and if two or more, branch to step 5-6.

In step 5-6, step 5-4
The part-of-speech of each word obtained in step 1 is displayed in association with the number.

In step 5-7, the operator selects the part of speech of the word to be deleted from the displayed parts of speech,
By entering the corresponding number from the keyboard,
Specify the deletion word.

In step 5-8, the words indicated by the pronunciation, the notation, and the part of speech obtained as a result of the processing so far are invalidated so that they do not exist in the dictionary. The process of invalidating a word is described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-116368 and is well known, so a detailed description thereof will not be given.

In step 5-9, the end message is displayed on the window. Delete the window at an appropriate timing and then return.

[Other Embodiments] In the above description, the contents of the word data of the dictionary DIC are only "reading", "notation" and "part of speech", but when other information is also stored, In 2-5 of FIG. 2, not only the part of speech but other information may be displayed. Of course, in such a case, only the part of speech may be displayed.

Further, although "reading" and "notation" are used as the information input by the operator to specify a word, it is not necessary to limit to that information. For example, by entering only "notation" You may specify a word.

Further, as a method for the operator to input the information for designating the word, the input is made from the keyboard, but the necessary information may be obtained from the document and input.

The present invention can be applied not only to a single device but also to a system composed of a plurality of devices.
It goes without saying that it can be realized by providing software to the device or system.

[0046]

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, when there are a plurality of words in the dictionary that match the specific information of the word indicated by the operator, each word in the dictionary By providing a means for displaying the other information, the general operator can obtain the information for distinguishing the specific word from the other, and the specific word can be designated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the overall configuration of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a word deleting operation according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a dictionary DIC in the present invention,

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the steps of overall processing.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process of word deletion processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DISK External memory CPU Microprocessor ROM Read only memory RAM Random access memory DIC Kana-Kanji conversion dictionary

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A dictionary in which a word is stored by associating information such as reading, notation, and part of speech with each other, word indicating means for indicating a word in the dictionary by indicating specific information of the word, and the word A dictionary search unit that searches the dictionary for a word having a content that matches the information information indicated by the pointing unit, and if a plurality of words is found by the dictionary searching unit, the word pointing unit does not specify the word. 2. A character processing device, comprising: candidate word display means for displaying information on words in the dictionary for the plurality of words. 2. A character processing device comprising a dictionary in which information such as reading, notation, and part of speech is stored in association with each other, and a word in the dictionary is designated by indicating specific information of the word, When a word having a content that matches the specific information is obtained by searching from the dictionary, and when a plurality of words is obtained by the search, information of the word on the dictionary that is not indicated in the instruction is A character processing method characterized by controlling to display a plurality of words.